List of Popular Prepositional Phrases

List of Popular Prepositional Phrases!

What are Prepositional phrases?

A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object.

AT

at least
at a low ebb
at peace
at a loose and
at one’s request
at a glance
at one time
at large
at a loss
at one’s side
at a distance
at night
at a standstill
at the end
at high speed
at all events
at war
at a rate of
at sight
at all costs
at the outset
at a fraction of
at noon
at length
at issue
at a price
at risk
at a guess
at one’s leisure
at a speed of
at the double
at a discount
at most
at liberty

BY

by appointment
by chance
by force
by no means
by heart
by luck
by rights
by air
by marriage
by birth
by hand
by request
by the name of
by land
by mistake
by degrees
by coincidence
by courtesy of
by dint of
by definition
by means of
by sea
by any standard
by check
by far
by nature
by accident
by law
by sight
by design
by all accounts
by my watch
by all means

IN

in contact with
in brief
in fear of
in a heap
in an instant
in of touch
in of focus
in decline
in effect
in detail
in the forefront of
in character
in common
in compensation for
in demand
in all likelihood
in defense of
in excess of
in haste
in abeyance
in fairness to
in disgrace
in a pile
in disorder
in disgrace
in good faith
in duplicate
in future
in arrears
in of prison
in confidence
in contrast with
in anticipation of
in anticipation of
in abundance
in disguise
in flower
in disguise
in danger
in comparison with
in horror
in future
in difficulty
in demand
in of stock
in confusion
in an uproar
in blossom
in flames
in fact
in fact
in a hurry
in a mess
in of use
in ink
in answer to
in honor of
in hand
in danger
in general
in distress
in gear
in debt
in collaboration with
in honor of
in convoy
in action
in charge of
in due course
in favor of
in comfort
insight (of)
in bulk
in arrears
in agreement with
in hiding
in ink
in essence
in code
in a flash
in addition to
in full
in awe of
in harmony (with)
in good condition
in confinement
in dispute
in harmony (with)
in general
in earnest
in existence
in consequence of
in high spirits
in control of
in command of
in flower
in of season
in good condition
in flames
in of one’s element
in full
in conclusion
in advance
in favor of
in error
in haste
in doubt
in defense of
in gear
in fairness to
in an uproar
in a deep sleep
in fear of
in horror
in time
in a sense
in debt
in cash
in custody
in decline
in agony
in good faith
in of focus
in hiding
in detail
in combination with
in conjunction with
in answer to
in a temper
in hand
in aid of
in high spirits
in exchange for
in accordance with
in connection with

OUT

out of duty
out of fashion
out of sight
out of step
out of stock
out of context
out of the question
out of hand
out of print
out of spite
out of curiosity
out of place
out of one’s mind
out of order
out of reach
out of pity
out of control
out of work
out of doors
out of ideas
out of respect for
out of breath
out of the ordinary
out of practice
out of jealousy
out of date

ON

on the phone
on sale
on file
on business
on paper
on the record
on an expedition
on strike
on the eve of
on the horizon
on an island
on order
on a trip
on strike
on horseback
on a small scale
on good terms
on order
on bail
on purpose
on bail
on the increase
on the point of
on principle
on pain of
on impulse
on approval
on a pension
on the grounds of
on the dot
on credit
on schedule
onboard
on the move
on parade
on remand
on a regular basis
on fire
on foot
on condition that
on oath
on balance
on board
on behalf of
on a diet
on the assumption
on the brink of
on the strength of
on loan
on suspicion of
on account of
on the dot
on display
on second thoughts
on the air
on one’s own
on suspicion of
on the edge of
on the agenda
on end
on no account
on reflection
on the job
on show
on the part of
on the agenda
on the run
on the edge of
on behalf of
on business
on an island
on average
on average
on the hour
on occasion
on a spree
on the road
on edge
on an expedition
on watch
on guard
on show
on a journey
on one’s terms
on approval
on a large scale
on the brink of
on the off-chance
on patrol
on hand
on remand
on vacation
on leave
on the outskirts

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